near the pawn shop across the street. It’s
not unusual to find broken beer bottles on
the grass where some kids stand to wait for
the school bus.

“I’ve always wanted to drive downhere,” second-year teacher Sydney Ros-sano says as her group passes the twometal swing sets and seesaw the kidsplay on. She’s been to the trailer parkbefore—yesterday the Daly staff cameto distribute donated backpacks andbrought pizza for all the kids—but shehasn’t seen all 25 acres of it. The pre-dominantly Hispanic neighborhood isbigger than it looks.“Alexa lives at the front-front, andshe’s always the first one to text [otherkids], like, ‘hey, ambulance just came in,let me know what’s going on down there,’or ‘police are here,’ ” Altamirano says ashe drives. (Some students’ names havebeen changed to protect their identities.)He stops his SUV in front of a mobilehome. “Is he there?” he asks, leaning overin his car to get a closer look. “Daniellives right down here, used to at least.”Altamirano, 41, grew up in Silver